More than 100 applicants weigh in on Heathrow expansion

In April Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) opened up the £14bn expansion process, launching a call for fresh ideas on how to keep expansion costs down, better building designs, and increasing capacity sustainably.

Successful applicants will become innovation partners with HAL as it looks to build the third runway by 2026.

After receiving more than 100 expressions of interest, HAL will assess ideas before applicants have the opportunity to pitch their ideas to airport bosses later this year. HAL’s expansion masterplan will be published for a public consultation early next year.

“There is no doubt that Heathrow can deliver this expansion. What we want to do is to it with the best people with the best ideas so that we transform the aviation industry once again,” he told New Civil Engineer.

“What we will do is test those when we get them back…to see if they’ve got better ideas than we already have and if they’re better than we already have, we’ll take them on to the next stage.”

The list of potential innovation partners will be announced in August.

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